Automobile-lock.



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.IOIINEAY wILsON, OE JETMORE, KANS-As;L

AUTOMOBILE-LOOK.

srECIErcATIoN ruiming part of Letters. Pai-.ent No. 693,201, dated February 1I, 190e.

` Application lled June* 11, 1901. iSerial No. 64,067. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FAY WILSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of J etmore, in the county of Hodgeman and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Automobile-Lock, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description. A'

This invention relates to improvements in devices for locking thercontrolling-lever of an automobile-motor; andv the object is to provide a lock of simple construction that can be operated only by the person to whom the combination at which it is setis known, thus preventing the starting of the vehicle by a Inalicious or unauthorizedvperson; and

`another object is to provide anfalarm connection that will be sounded 'e should an attempt be made to vopen the lock without releasing the proper latches.

I will describe an automobile-lock embody#l ing my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Fignrel is a sectional elevation of a lock embodying my invention and showing the controlling-lever in locked position. Fig. 2 is a similar section,'but showing the lever released. Fig. 3 is a `sectional lplan view of the lock. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a vehicle-body, showing the lock as arranged yat one side; and Fig. 5 is a similar view, but show-- ing the lock as located under the seat at the Thelock comprises a casing 1, designed to be arranged in the vehicle in any desired position. I have here shown it in Fig. et as arranged underneath the seat at one side of the body. g In Fig. 5, however, itis shown as varranged underneath the seat at the front. l The location is merely a matter lof convenience.

Mounted to slide outward and inward in the i casing 1 is a frame2, inthe i'nner portion of` which is arranged a cross-rod 3, upon which latches L.tare mounted to swing. These latches have hook ends 5, designed to engage with a locking-bar 6, supported in the inner portion of the casing 1. These latches are here shown as five-in number; `but a greater or less number may be employedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention. A suflicient number should be employed, however, to provide for a considerable number of changes in the combinations. Each latch'at its outer end or at the end connecting with the cross-rod -Svhas'a downwardly-extended arInA7 and an draw-rod inward. The draw-rods are designed to be connected with their latches,

either with the lower'arm 7 or with the upper arm 8, depending upon which latches are to be used in the combination. Y The connections consist of links .13. I have here shown links connecting with the arms? of the rst, third, and fifth of the series of latches-that is, thel latches connecting with the finger,- pieces a., b, ando-and when in locking position the hook ends 5 of these latches in the set combination will engage with the rod 6,

while the other latches of the series will have the links connected to their upper arms 8,

and the hook endsthereoi will be normally below the locking bar or rod 6. VCarried in the frame 2 is ay locking-'bolt 14 for engaging with the controlling-lever 15. The end of this bolt 14 is designed to pass through anopening in the end wall of the casing 1 and to engage in an opening in said lever 15 to hold it in Vlocked position.

the sliding frame,and between the'outer crossbars v16 and a collar 17 on the bolt is ac oiled spring 18A. By this construction after the lever.

The bolt is supported to move in cross-bars 16 in ment of thelever; but at the lside upon which .the lever moves the end of said bolt is .bev-

eled, as indicated clearly in-Fig, so that f when it is desired to lock the lever it is only e IOO k necessary to'drawi'ty to its verticaly position, when the bolt will be first 'slid back, and then when the opening 19 in the lever comes in line with the bolt thespring 18 will force the boltzinto said opening. ,When it is desired f' to release the lever, the latches in engage ment with the locking-bar G are to be released therefrom by drawing outward their drawrods. Then the frame carrying the latches will be moved outward, consequently moving the bolt la out of engagement with the controlling-lever, when, as before stated, the frame carrying the latches is to be returned to its inner position, so that the latches will again engage with the `bar 6.

Should any other of thelatches be manipu lated by drawing outward their draw-rods, they will be moved upward into engagement with the locking-bar G, and therefore the frame cannot be moved outward to release the bolt from the lever.

It may be desired to sound an alarm should an unauthorized person attempt to unlock or release the lever. For this purpose I have shown the locking bar or rod (i. as having a slight sliding movement against the resistance of springs 20, and one end 2l of this bar 6 is extended outward through an opening in the body of the vehicle or in the front board of the seat-support and has pivoted to it a tongue 2 2, designed to engage with an upwardly-extended portion of the ciapper-arm 2,3,the said arm 23 being pivoted between lugs' 24 and moved downward to strike its hammer against the gong 25 by means of a spring 26.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A locking device for the controlling-lever of a motor, comprising a bolt adapted for engagement with said lever, a sliding,r frame carrying said bolt, a series of locking-latches carried by the frame, a rod with which said latches are designed to engage, and means for causing a swinging movement of the latches, substantially as specified. i

Y 2. A lock for the controlling-lever of a niotor for an automobile or the like, comprising a casing, a frame mounted to slide in said casing, a locking-bolt carried by said frame and adapted for engagement with the lever, a series of swinging latches carried in said frame, a bar mounted in the casing with which said latches are designed to engage, and drawrods extended through the front wall of the frame and having connection with the latches, substantially as specified.

3. A lock for the lever of an automobile, comprising a fixed casing, a frame mounted to slide in said casing, a shaft extended across 'said frame, a series ofV latches mounted toA ing link connection with said latches, springs for forcing the draw-rods inward, a bar mounted in the casing and adapted for engagement with said latches, and a spring-pressed locking-bar for the lever carried by said frame, substantially as specified.

5.. In an automobile, a locking device for the motor-controlling lever, comprisinga casing, a frame mounted to slide in the casing, a series oi"V latches mounted to swing in the casing and having hook ends, draw-rods having link connections with said latches, a locking-bar carried by the frame and adapted for engagement with the controlling-lever, and an alarm actuated by a movement ot' the bar supported in the casing,snbstantially as specilied. r

(i. In a lock, a sliding frame, a series of locking-latches mounted to rock in said frame, one independently of another, each of said latches` having an upwardly-extending arm and a downwardly-eXtendi-ng arm, a draw-rod for each latch, a link having connection with the draw-rod and adapted for connection witlr either one of the arms of its latch, a lockingbar with which latches may be engaged, and

a locking-bolt carried by the frame, substan tially as specified.

7. A lock,` comprising a sliding frame, aspring-yielding locking-bolt carried by the frame, locking-latches carried by the frame, a fixed part with which the latches are adapted to engage, and means for releasing the latchesfrom said iixed part.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence ofl two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN FAY WILSON.

Witnesses:

Il. B. BARKER, l. lI. HAND.

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